Acts of Art in Greenwich Village
A first-ever look at a network of Black visual artists in New York City’s Manhattan and downtown art worlds in the 1960s and 1970s.

This comprehensive account of the six-year history of Acts of Art, a gallery founded by and for Black artists in Greenwich Village in 1969, includes a complete exhibition record, biographies of the gallery’s key artists, and entries on important group exhibitions and events.

This first in-depth look at Acts of Art, and its role within communities of Black artists in New York City highlights the artists most closely tied to the gallery and its co-founder Nigel Jackson, from the early shows of Benny Andrews and James Denmark to the surveys of Lois Mailou Jones and Hale Woodruff. In addition to an introductory essay and complete exhibition history, the volume includes artists’ biographies and entries on important group exhibitions and events. This publication accompanies the exhibition, Acts of Art in Greenwich Village, on view at Hunter College’s Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Galleries from fall 2024 to spring 2025.
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Acts of Art in Greenwich Village
A first-ever look at a network of Black visual artists in New York City’s Manhattan and downtown art worlds in the 1960s and 1970s.

This comprehensive account of the six-year history of Acts of Art, a gallery founded by and for Black artists in Greenwich Village in 1969, includes a complete exhibition record, biographies of the gallery’s key artists, and entries on important group exhibitions and events.

This first in-depth look at Acts of Art, and its role within communities of Black artists in New York City highlights the artists most closely tied to the gallery and its co-founder Nigel Jackson, from the early shows of Benny Andrews and James Denmark to the surveys of Lois Mailou Jones and Hale Woodruff. In addition to an introductory essay and complete exhibition history, the volume includes artists’ biographies and entries on important group exhibitions and events. This publication accompanies the exhibition, Acts of Art in Greenwich Village, on view at Hunter College’s Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Galleries from fall 2024 to spring 2025.
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A first-ever look at a network of Black visual artists in New York City’s Manhattan and downtown art worlds in the 1960s and 1970s.

This comprehensive account of the six-year history of Acts of Art, a gallery founded by and for Black artists in Greenwich Village in 1969, includes a complete exhibition record, biographies of the gallery’s key artists, and entries on important group exhibitions and events.

This first in-depth look at Acts of Art, and its role within communities of Black artists in New York City highlights the artists most closely tied to the gallery and its co-founder Nigel Jackson, from the early shows of Benny Andrews and James Denmark to the surveys of Lois Mailou Jones and Hale Woodruff. In addition to an introductory essay and complete exhibition history, the volume includes artists’ biographies and entries on important group exhibitions and events. This publication accompanies the exhibition, Acts of Art in Greenwich Village, on view at Hunter College’s Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Galleries from fall 2024 to spring 2025.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783777443997
Publisher: Hirmer Publishers
Publication date: 04/29/2025
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 7.99(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Howard Singerman is the author of Art Subjects: Making Artists in the American University; Art History, after Sherrie Levine; and Sharon Lockhart: Pine Flat. He is the Phyllis and Joseph Caroff Chair of Art and Art History at Hunter College.


Katie Hood Morgan is chief curator and deputy director of the Hunter College Art Galleries.


Howard Singerman is the author of Art Subjects: Making Artists in the American University; Art History, after Sherrie Levine; and Sharon Lockhart: Pine Flat. He is the Phyllis and Joseph Caroff Chair of Art and Art History at Hunter College.
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